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  • noun Alternative form of cookie cutter.
  • noun Cookiecutter shark.

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Examples

  • I try not to write or read cookiecutter stories, so they mystify me, along with those who read them.

    Same old, same old Ed Gorman 2007

  • But at least replace it with something other than the cookiecutter maudlin bullshit lines that are in a million other movies.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Open Harry Potter Speculation Thread: 2007

  • Ah it seems pretty like a cookiecutter cute-Hentai book.

    Manga Review: My Dearest Devil Princess, Volume One | The Anime Blog 2007

  • Heck, I'd much rather raid by testing my skills with a less-than-optimized build than take a cookiecutter solution that dilutes the challenge.

    Is Raid Content Accessible to the Mortal Man? 2006

  • This can be done well for example, the shot at the finale of Moulin Rouge that deliberately pays homage to Citizen Kane but is more often done clumsily in a cookiecutter-Frankenstein's Monster sort of way.

    randomness badger 2002

  • "Many actors who are entering adulthood want to make their own mark and stop being seen as bubblegum, cookiecutter teen stars," Ryan Schinman, media expert and CEO of the talent-branding agency Platinum Rye Entertainment, tells Life &

    In Case You Didn't Know 2010

  • The suburbs are cookiecutter forms, downtown is a clean, bland grid of office buildings, and there's just a sense of nothing really stimulating to occur.

    reddit.com: what's new online! 2009

  • Thanks to a Facebook campaign that capitalized on growing unhappiness with Cowell's cookiecutter approach to pop stardom, the antiestablishment Rage Against the Machine came out ahead of Joe McElderry, winner of Cowell's popular "X Factor" TV competition.

    Victorville Daily Press : 2009

  • Thanks to a Facebook campaign that capitalized on growing unhappiness with Cowell's cookiecutter approach to pop stardom, the antiestablishment Rage Against the Machine came out ahead of Joe McElderry, winner of Cowell's popular "X Factor" TV competition.

    Victorville Daily Press : 2009

  • The other couply complications are a bit more believable, if just as cookiecutter.

    EW.com: Today's Latest Headlines 2009

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